A global health alarm on the outbreak of a disease or virus raises issues for employers and employees as to the appropriate workplace responses. The mosquito-borne Zika virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring public health emergencies and putting employers’ attention on how to respond.

Proposed changes to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) EEO-1 report would have employers with at least 100 employees submitting all employees’ W-2 earnings data and actual hours worked beginning with the 2017 EEO-1 reporting cycle.

March 21 is just a few days away. Check your inbox for program details to share with your part-time and full-time employees.

Be sure to check out this month’s ADP Connect, the newsletter your employees are receiving today. It introduces the upcoming Aspire scholarship, links to travel discounts and offers hands-on help through our Real Estate Services site. 

New California regulations, effective April 1, 2016, declare that employers have an affirmative duty to create a workplace environment that is free from employment practices prohibited by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and that employers have an affirmative duty to take reasonable steps to prevent and promptly correct discriminatory and harassing conduct.

The Louisiana state poster has been updated to include 2016 income limits for eligibility for earned income credit.

On March 2, 2016, Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1532 that establishes a 3- tiered system for determination of minimum wage based on geographical location of the employer.